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Wade Davis Bill
50% of a states white males must take an oath into the union -
Freeman's bureau created
an agency of the united states department war -
Lee surrenders to Grant
the final engagement of confederate states -
Lincoln assassinated
Lincoln was fatally shot at Fords Theatre in Washington D.C by John Wilkes Booth. -
13th amendment
bans slavery -
KKK formed
Six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created the original Ku Klux Klan on December 24, 1865, during the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War -
Civil rights act of 1866
all people born the united states are now declared citizens -
Credit mobilier scandal
involved the Union Pacific Rail Road and the Credit Mobilier of America construction company in the building of the eastern portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. -
Military reconstruction act
divided south into five military districts -
Tenure of office act
Restricts presidents from removing certain office holders without approval of us senate -
Johnson impeached
the House of Representatives voted 126 to 47 in favor of a resolution to impeach the President for high crimes and misdemeanors. -
14th amendment
citizenship -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
the first election of the Reconstruction Era -
15th amendment
vote for all male citizens -
Compromise of 1877
informal unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876
